What's a good, inspiring book for a young man with no direction

>>7308617
reddit.com/r/theredpill

I've read a few of their suggested readings, the relationship/women thing is whatever but aside from that their suggestions generally deal with getting your shit together and not being a faggot.

>>7308659
>The Red Pill: Discussion of sexual strategy in a culture increasingly lacking a positive identity for men.

Incel means involuntary celibate.

I take it that your idea of getting your shit together is fucking as many women as possible? You must be one of these modern faggots sweating over being Alpha and Beta.

Literally fuck off back to Reddit.

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unplug your computer for a couple of weeks and never come back to this website

>>7308659
Kill yourself idiot. The redpill is fake masculinity without any authenticity, just capitalist competition within an socially left reality. You are dumb if you think woman should be an end, or that you should validate through them. You are allowing them to win than way and masculinity is exactly not allowing them to do that.

OP should read Young Werther or The Red and the Black.

>>7308617
American Psycho

>>7308711
>>7308725
u mad

Dostoevsky

>>7308725
I don't want to read something that old.

I've just finished reading The Old Man and the Sea. It was good, but also a bit redundant and hollow.

>>7308732
I've already read it.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

depends on temperament.
someone weak and decadent needs life affirming stuff like nietzsche.
a healthy but aimless normie needs sum schopenhauer as educator.
hemingway seems to be nietzschean except for his early short stories and the pessimist "the sun also rises".
a patrician will end up reading everything anyway.

/redpill is superficially life-affirming but culminates in moving to mount athos

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>>7308617

>>7308770
l o l

>>7308617
Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus.

>>7308617
Marcus Aurelius
He was emperor of the romans. Wherehas Hemingway was a lonely faggot

>>7308770
>I don't want to read something that old.
You are a dumbed down beta version of a post-modern man. Why do you think you are above the dumbed down beta version of the modern man.

Confessions of a mask :^)

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if you want a father figure who will make you into a winner, then you need a father figure who is a winner.

>>7308659
>reddit

Homage to Catalonia
Then go join some civil war in some third world nation

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Under saturn's shadow: the wounding and healing of men

Just buy it

>>7308617
Scum manifesto. Seriously.

>>7308823
>>7308850
"Put an end once for all to this discussion of what a good man should be, and be one."

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.

>>7309249
*dictated to a slave while fucking another slave

>lmao, just be good, whats the problem man? b urself

>>7308617
Forbidden Colors

>>7308720
>>7308725
best advice in thread

>>7309154
OP isn't ready for that, it'll destroy him. Worth a read at some point tho

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>>7308725
>OP should read Young Werther
or better yet, Venus in Furs

>>7309536
>An aging, embittered novelist sets out to avenge himself on the women who have betrayed him.
meh

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>>7308617
Read the Greatest Knight, the Life of William Marshal. Probably the manliest man in the history of man.

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>>7308617
Atlas Shrugged

>>7308711
>>7308725
>the relationship/women thing is whatever
>you are dumb If you think woman should be an end

k

>>7308770
>1774
>old
le progress maymay

The Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald. Good model of self reliance.

Lonesome Dove.

>>7308617

Mickey Spillane

I'm thinking about reading Byron

>>7308659
>reddit
please kill yourself

>>7308617
The Border trilogy followed by Blood Meridian

>>7308617
>The Sea, My Brother - Jack Kerouac
>Sailing Alone Around the World - Jonathan Slocum
>Young Werther - Van Goethe
>The Stranger - Camus
>Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
>Beneath the Wheel - Hermann Hesse

That last one is almost more of an example of what could happen if you don't full embrace yourself/your life, rather than any kind of how-to book.

>>7308659
>unironically directing someone to reddit for anything other than the history subreddit.
Leave.

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>>7313706
>unironically directing someone to reddit for anything other than the history subreddit.
>other than the history subreddit

>>7313706
>unironically directing someone to reddit for anything

FTFY

Read "the way of men" , it allegedly answers the question "what is masculinity. It should be right up your ally.

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>>7308617

>>7308659
>reddit.com/r/theredpill
Yep.

The main tenents of the redpill is:

1) lift weights so you can physically complement your mental masculinity, i.e. learn how not to be a punk bitch by doing something actually hard for once.

2) stop doing stuff just to get a woman -- do stuff for yourself you will you find women somehow invade into it and you will get a girlfriend/wife/whatever

3) be kind and help your fellow brothers

my dad died when i was about 10, and i feel like i am also missing a masculine role model of sorts, even though i think having a role model itself is kind of unecessary, there's still this lingering feeling of never having had something others did

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>>7308617
>>7316751

>>7308617
>>7308617
Ahh finally a discussion worth of my attention! *Tips Fedora* Well Boys to make the transition from Boy to Man, you have to learn from the Redpill Masters... Hemingway, Frank Sinatra, Al Capone These are all REAL MEN not faggy swagboys like Justin Bieber and Chris. Nothing more manly than sipping on a fine glass of ol´ whiskey in a classy suit in a piano bar, thats how you do it boys! I still dont have a girlfriend, but thats because most of them cant handle my elegance and supreme taste. I also recomemd to read Sir Edgar Allan Poe and to get some classy retro game tattoos! (I masturbate to lolicon)

>>7316792
Take a moment to consider that with the rampant divorce rate and ever increasing fatherless households that many young males honestly do not understand how to be masculine.

And your mis-characterization of masculinity as something idiotic and immature is, truthfully, just your projection.

>>7316799
Lack of masculinity is not the main cause of divorces. Try again.

>>7316805
Did you intentionally misunderstand my post? I made zero arguments on why divorce happens. Try again.

>>7316805
i don't think that anon ever implied that it was.

>>7316811
Don't be harsh on him, he is still coming to terms with his dad's cross-dressing.

>>7316799
are you this retarded?
i was obviously trolling so even the most stupid of you get it and you managed to fuck up

>>7316832
It's OK to admit when you are wrong. In fact, that's one of the cornerstones of masculinity. It helps you grow.

>>7316843
???

>>7309154
>>7309910

Sounds interesting, why are you recommending it in the context of this thread?

>>7308770
Wow you sound like a real faggot. The book you want to read is How To Kill Myself.

>>7316843
You're the one sounding like a chick mag. And it was obvious he was trolling.

>>7308725
I kind of agree with you

I used to be active there, not anymore because I'm through and bored with it. there's some different interpretrations about the stuff and what the "end goal" is supposed to be.

some guys just go for the "get rich as fuck, fuck women, do cocaine", the american psycho yuppie thing. personally I never saw the point

some assert the entire point about the thing is the ability to make independent choices a.k.a not giving a fuck, while not closing your eyes from reality. a.k.a you're probably happier if you make decent money and get laid, but you shouldn't sell your soul for them because in the end what does that shit matter? more existentialst. personally I preferred this approach

then you go outside of the redpill zone towards MGTOW zone which is basically "ignore bitches, ignore rat racenot worth the trouble, do your own thing". IMO the premise is not incorrect but when taken too far it's just an excuse to give up on society which I personally wouldn't do, because you're a human after all, no matter how much you despise the fact


anyway I don't have any books to recommend. you could check book of pook and models by mark manson, but please take them with a grain of salt

also watch gran torino. it's not the greatest example of storytelling but you might find it inspiring

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>>7308617
It's a quick, entertaining study on purpose and the meaning of being a man featuring several distinct but equally valid models of masculinity, and will serve as a great segue into the Greeks and ultimately into >>7308823

>>7308659
Avoid this. You'll find neither direction nor masculine role models.

http://becomeuberhuman.com/overcome-procrastination-once-and-for-all/
http://becomeuberhuman.com/here-is-your-life-purpose/
http://becomeuberhuman.com/uber-human-manifesto/

Not a book, just a shitty blog.

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>>7308659
>people responded to this bait seriously

>>7317153
That seems like a pile of trash.
I read the second article and it was terrible.

First he tells you that "finding your life's purpose" is bullshit. Good enough.
Then he goes on to tell me that actually you should go and find value through work and grow as a human being (he just redefines what "life's purpose" means).

Just find a job you love and get rich lmao!

[actual quote from the article] (Not sure what you’re good at? Spend time exploring what you have a knack for)

This is lackluster and complete shit advice.
On second thought I hesitate to even call it advice, because, really, it doesn't qualify as anything like that.

All this shit is like one of those "life is AWESOME and EPIC" images/infographics from reddit

>>7308617
Emerson

>>7308617
Fightclub tbhfam

>>7308617
this thread belongs to /his/.

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>>7316799
>>7316843
>mfw this b8's

>>7316832
>>7316887
>LE TROLLING EPIN TROLE XDDD HAVE YOU BEEN COAXED INTO A SNAFU???

Fuck off. If you are going to do it, at least call it 'bait'.

>>7316997
what i find terrifying is the MGTOW in japan. how they eat salad and stay in their room for all their life with their parents. Life can't be so absorbed paradised. you going to get hurt and you need to find the pleasure in it like a masochist.

>>7317285
I disagree - the herbivore men have the right idea. There's very little out there for us and only less so the more people there are, the more society moves on in ways some of us can't handle it.

So why bother? We've one life, as far as we know, and if they want to spend it in absentminded pleasure, all the more power to them. I wish I had the same freedom to do so.

>>7317285
if you do this do not neglect to find the pain in pleasure

each has its hooks in the other

>>7317270
I figured /lit/'s reading comprehension would let them have more open minds. Apparently boys raised by women only won't have female tendencies and masculinity is "bad"!

>>7313687
good list, senpai.

I'd follow up The Stranger with The Fall by Camus. I think that's a more matured Camus, but you need the first for his frame of mind.

>>7316749
this is pretty much everything useful you can get out of trp without drowning in pua nonsense

the brothers karamazov

>>7316875
SCUM deals with how our projected 'masculinity' is really just a coping mechanism for most men's crippling insecurity and inability to form meaningful relationships with others. It's a very good read if you're open to relentlessly criticizing your conception of self and what it means to be a 'man'. Partially satirical, but most (not all) of her serious points are pretty spot on, in my opinion.

But if you're having a crisis already I don't know if the SCUM manifesto would help much beyond maybe getting you to suicide

>>7317763
I'm going to make the point that a women can never know masculinity. Recommending that to a man trying to learn to be comfortable in his masculinity (especially in this climate of "masculinity is insecurity/coping mechanism/last century") will only hurt that man in the long run.

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>>7308659

TRP is a toxic wasteland. If you want to be unhappy, by all means get sucked into that hate filled circle jerk. There's literally nothing of value there though. The only reason people return there is to validate their belief that women are shit because their ex cheated on them.

Just look at the top threads of all time. Number 1 is a revenge post about "black-knighting" a girl.

It's filled with weak losers who write in the most fedora of fashions. They really come across as though 90% of the subscribers there were virgins, teaching other virgins how to get laid.

The autism there is just embarrassing.

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>>7317763
>her
i don't need to read this to know it's shit

>>7317798
It's a masculine environment so it uses strong language. You should read more into it and realize many there are in love with their wife/girlfriend and are just trying to understand them.

Anger is a legitimate emotion and it gets expressed in male spaces. it's not a bad thing.

>>7313757
>FTFY

hello reddit

>>7317682
Thanks. I agree, the Fall is a proper follow up to The Stranger, and I should've included it.

>>7317802
or you could, you know, read the damn thing, it takes like half an hour

>>7317790
I'm not the guy who posted it as a suggestion, I said it would destroy him, you should feel pretty comfortable with yourself and criticism if you're going to read SCUM

Fathers and Sons

>>7317763
>A woman
>Writing about masculinity
>Literally calls the book scum.

Anyone who reads that should kill themselves - not because of the book's "revelations", but because they trusted a woman to write about masculinity in the first place.

>>7317828
The self victimization of the male species, the constant reminder that women are pieces of shit, the overriding negative sentiments there. It's all just bullshit for weak men who can't handle reality.

What is there to be gleaned from that place? You could literally boil it all down to
1) Lift weights
2) Don't be a pussy

Any more time spent there just negatively affects the mood. It's a waste of time. You're surrounding yourself with other weak men who are desperately trying to break the cycle, but are effectively reinforcing beta insecurities into each others minds.

>>7317835
>implying that hasn't been in common usage here for years.

>>7317876
You bring up good points. I want to reply in kind, but here's a TRP post that summarizes my points better than I can:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/comments/37q4rh/i_am_karen_straughan_girlwriteswhat_ask_me/

>>7317896
Whoops, I linked to the wrong section (the whole post is good though).

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/comments/37q4rh/i_am_karen_straughan_girlwriteswhat_ask_me/crouwox

>>7317845
why would i waste a half hour reading some chick's ramblings on how masculinity is insecurity. sounds like your typical substance-less bitchfest designed to make women feel better about their own weakness.

masculinity/strength is not a reaction to insecurity (or not necessarily) it's a reaction to seeing the possibility of power / dominance / control and striving to seize it.

power is worth having for it's own sake, anyone who says otherwise is an adversary selling you lies.

>>7317931
ok #smsaudio

>>7317931
Solanas, the author of SCUM, was sexually abused by her father and beaten by her grandfather and was knocked-up by a married man in her teens. The SCUM Manifesto is nonsense from start to finish.

>>7308617

ATLAS SHRUGGED

>>7317626
>So why bother? We've one life, as far as we know
That's exactly why. Do you avoid difficult books because of the initial feelings of frustration and obtuseness? Of course not. You dive into them because the joy there outweighs the initial discomfort. You want to spend your only life reading Harry Potter Spark-notes? Fuck you. Grab hold of your cock and be a man.

>>7308617
I liked reading

>Seneca
>Epictetus
>Yamamoto Tsunetomo
>Miyamoto Musashi

Who all discuss more masculine-sided ethics at least in part. Tsunetomo in particular is my favorite.

>>7308617
Catcher in the Rye, anything by Chuck Palahunik

>>7319828
Fuck off with your chink philosophy Tojo, this is a white man's board

>>7317285
Fuck off. If the world wants to be secular, then be it. But that allows for not giving a fuck at all. Not only is God dead, but also meaning and the failed experiments of existencialists are proof of that.

>>7316749
>>7308659
Ayy everyone, this is what I meant when I recommended trp. It's not bait. You can cipher something useful if you at least toy with it.
>keep your mind open
>don't passively Accept what everyone believes to fit in

Someone referred to this subreddit and was proclaiming it's misogyny and all this other shit about fedoras and neckbeards so I checked it out. It is definitely filled with thirsty neckbeards and autism but it's a bunch of bros who are unhappy and want to change their lives.

There is an obsession with the dark triad of personality on there and it's almost like they worship it. Machiavelli is one of the most referred to authors on there. Robert greene's 48 laws of power, all this shit about manipulating others to get what you want. All the sjw/feminist bashing shows that the men on here arguing against what they perceive (proclaim to perceive) as bullshit boils down to someone taking their candy without permission. Or how /pol/ is obsessed with the same things and freedom of speech. This can be cringy but meh. The subs content has a lot of humor.

>muh liberties

It's pretty much, stop being a bitch, take care of your body, don't care about women and don't make them the center piece of your endeavors, work towards shit and be productive. The subreddit talks about women a shit ton, it's ironically the center piece of it. The shit they say about women; they're all gold digging whores, the gold is subjective to woman. If your girlfriend cheats on you it's your fault, women are programmed to be opportunistic an manipulative. If a woman had interest in you, something about you is valuable. Value is derived from evolutionary biology, I'm ignorant of evolutionary biology and most likely so is the rest of the sub but if you agree with determinism and evolution I guess an intuition that claims that men provide women resources to raise offspring could make sense. The mechanisms that drive this in humans is constant but because of intelligence and all the complexities of the human experience the things we do may not exactly match this but the underlying structure remains.

The autism from the sub comes from systemizing things. I'm not full fledged autist but I certainly systemize and the logic presented makes sense to support their claims for the systems they create. I think that them holding so tightly to these systems is silly. They want no deviation from the system. They want it to make sense. So women get stereotyped and put in boxes. Awalt (all women are like that) they preach this shit and despite me not completely believing it it's funny to see it everyday. Like hey these fellas might be on to something.

Take what you want from it.

>>7308711
No I have a girlfriend and what the sub claims to be as oneitis. You know how Buddhists say that if you have desires you will suffer, I think they try to cope with this by rationalizing and not expecting anything. It's a good tactic I guess.

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>>7308617
>>7308659
>>7320014
read this OP